It is said that the heart is in the microcosm just as the orb of the sun in the macrocosm. The mind in Sahasrara is like the disc of the moon.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThe ego’s phenomenal existence is transcended when you dive into the source from where the `I’-thought rises.
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The explorers seek happiness in finding curiosities, discovering new lands and undergoing risks in adventures. They are thrilling. But where is pleasure found? Only within. Pleasure is not to be sought in the external world.
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Engage yourself in the living present. The future will take care of itself.
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Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness.
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If the mind falls asleep, awaken it. Then if it starts wandering, make it quiet. If you reach the state where there is neither sleep nor movement of mind, stay still in that, the natural (real) state.
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The macrocosm is in its entirety in the body. The body is in its entirety in the heart. Therefore heart is the summarised form of all the macrocosm.
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If one’s mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful.
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All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.
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When one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved.
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Whatever is done lovingly, with righteous purity and with peace of mind, is a good action. Everything which is done with the stain of desire and with agitation filling the mind is classified as a bad action.
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Because truth is exceedingly subtle and serene, the bliss of the Self can manifest only in a mind rendered subtle and steady by assiduous meditation.
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The experience of silence alone is the real and perfect knowledge.
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The world is not outside you.
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Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.
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The pure mind is itself Brahman; it therefore follows that Brahman is not other than the mind of the sage.
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Actions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief, “I am the do-er.”
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